New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 30, 1918, Page 1

NEW BRITAII NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, BRITISH TAKE COMBLES; FALL OF PERON] HAIG PUSHES FOE FROM ~ MILE FROM DROC BRIDGEPORT FACING ISEN. LEWIS SAYS RUMOR OF PACT 'N. HORVATH AND fi;:jflg m]w STREKE BETWEEN BRITAIN AND AMERICA IS 2L MERELY MISCHIEVOUS PROPAGANDA no proposal Lngiand and no sug- | through secret pacts made by gestion in rica for a political or agents as long as Woodrow -Wilson 1s countries, said James Hamilton Lewis, democratic government is in force in § B 3 { : § between }a e United States senator from Illinois, at| Great Britain 5 £ g e : announced R OBJEGT TO WAGE AWARD the American luncheon club here to eaking on peace, Mr. Lewis said 3 g Advandeds d I voice my opposition to my cou ¥ Fae ey o \vanCe 1-1 join with vou,” said Mr. Lewis, | try or the Allies assuming to w N R 2 o g and \\l:\l of Pen i paT IS turning to Lord Reading. “in the senti- | down the details and items 2 to othen 3 3 ol ity el 5 3 Between Action Taken as Endorscment of Vote | ments expressed in the speech recent- | countries upon which peace ean be R e o : : Canadians attacam ly made by you asserting that mis- based. These particulars ought to be 4 East of tha To Strike Passed Last Night—i'cd- | chievous propaganda had been circu-!left 1o the peace table there to be the e : 4 lated in certain parts of the country iree subject of negotiation. No na- e 3 g 3 = - progress, capturing eral Afents Coming to Prevent Halt | 1o, the purposc of embarrassing tion in fintentc ought to be em- | : S : SN g The British al§; i Allies barrassed by premature or individual 5 3 % it Gt o B In§dunition fivotl U'yt there shall arise any circum-! effort 1o mortgage the commissioners 8 2 SRR - ”\(I"I‘kvls\\]“f” (‘(‘:ml")l : stance justifving different relations!to specitic provisions hefore negotia- § Rl british forces easts '{v\um those now existing, President|tion. This would deprive them of the , SRt I ¢ B ; 3 ing nnq at an e ,AJ-\' ho s Waoodrow Wilson and Premier David ! trading basis necessary to the under S SR ¢ ¥ front of seven miles bethwe: lid not go to work ;l,mw George will sand the proposal! taking and would, as well, equip t 3 . . afternoon the dinner hour jand the reasons offered for it to the ' enemy with particular claims in detail | peoples of the conntries. There will' and he would at once he prepared with X : y 3 N > be no diplomatic juggling of the facts. | inventions to offset them.” X : : e SR Ly Queant switch line and have c4 i Machinists many of the muni- to advices received here. | The British forces have T vas taken to mean that the ac- the mass meeting of muchin- ast night in voting to strike wa : N! : ¢ Australians Two M e \Spanish Cabinet, in Session Today, May , ' = v London, Aug. 30.—Australiaf] 1 from the outskirts of Peronne, the e S Discuss German Stand on Ship Seizures & . the British front reports. The Austhy was not possible shortly Herbecourt, Flaucourt, Assevillers, Barle® wd it was said that the = H Thursday have arrived from Fall of Peronne Expected. Admiral K« 1 he Manchurian Avmy and Paris, A 3 - - ! . { 1 3 aris, Aug. 30, (Havas)—The British line north o > Somt e Count Romanones De-|chacn. 5 G T 7 ! Consul to Harhin, Mr. Popoft g T GG Sl e i S “ SeaveNthol then who Rave 4 has been carried bevond the points indicated in last night’s state- Setnd ane comin ‘ the Black Sea Fleet under the Keren S S asRnoghave dhoen s T8 Vel e, aopl e Bk i ot ihe award in clares There Is No Cause iy rccime, Gen. Poeshkoft, com. ny WEIUNE the Bolsheviki. Copy- | ment from e B AR CILICE RS R opRateise e el vich assumed Underwood & Underwood kilometers east of Combles, according to reports to the news. ne or more of their Country in Ferment, Buhi ote may be rescinded as seven [ 1 | last night when ma- STV B0 For Alarm. 3 papers here. The advance continues and the fall of Peronne is in mass meeting voted to Rt Ko v e 0| s |[ENEMY DRIVEN OVER SOMME | ™™ i king plant here which hus Woman Who Scolded Press.)—The ~cabinet - council will | French Resume Offensive. MMment contracts may be affocted et at 5 o'clock ARia aptarhoon. Nao AIE\ ¥ P ~ With the French Army in I‘rance, Aug. 30 : :v‘y‘ ke except the Lake Torpede Hint YearstAzos ording to the offelal explanation. the POHNTD BY BRHTISH ciated Press.)—General Humbert's troops. whicl . meeting will be held to discuss econ- N 2 P ~ A\t 1 ; Noyvon and advanced to Mt. Simeon, to the nor The machinfsts veted fo strike until omic poblems and the budget. but it ' e ll(lm’l ll‘ encediop ReonLo cle i or e their & ck this morning and are advancing up the mzreenients to pay S0 cents to tool- London, Aug. 29.—Samuel Gompers, | portant questions will he brought for T north of the Oise. makers and 70 cents to ma ‘hinists, president of the American Federation | ward. Public opinion displays symp- i mployers \ve ziven written | | is the general belief that other im- | | Haig Takes Biaches BEEN awarded by TUmpire Eid the ' (0| hor. today visited his hoyhood | toms of considerable excitement over i German Counter-Blows Warded Off var board g ‘n 88 vears | the international situation. B SEE P >, Dari 3. : 2 o r 1 < ssociation hag |BOMe. Where he was barn 68 year o o N ATTA[;KERS EN Vmfif Guns Command I eronne, Paris. Aug. 30 German counter ks bet voted te i ago. NIt W= anovent of great impor- o deaiaredl there 15 Mo 6acasion Tor YU and the Aisnc were repulsed last nigl the At the machinists. meeting there | tance in the little section of East Lon- m. Other ministers arc making As Well As (fountry Be-| war office statement I'he French maintained thei was read a letter from William 1. | gon, known as Spittlegate. Mr. Gom- | &r efforts to tranquilize the popu- Pasly, north of Soissons Tohnson. president of the Internating- S ng . lace. Some of the dec re 5 D, M o - ¢ " dimon preed i ™ pers had only visited England once be- | lace ome of them declare parlia-| Pershing’s Men Also Under vond. South of the Somme and along the Canal Du Nord there was fachinists’ Tnion, who represents { A boy | Ment will meet shortly to deal with = ¥ s iboron'the war hoard, in whiel hejLoie SihccilieHleftiingland fasa current questions, while Count Ro- 1 that while the wage award was |to seek his fortune in America. His| manones is taking steps to modify, or Fire in Area North e the Vesle, where American not as desired the eight hour day and |previous yisit was nine years ago even suppress, the censorship which RO With the British ollective bargaining issues had been Mr. Gompers was accompanied to- | now is regarded as very severe. of Soissons, Aug no change in the situation during the night German ra along troops are stationed, and in Cham- Forces in France, | Jagne failed 30, (By the Associated Press), Correspondents of I’ I s newspapers at the front agree that Noon.——1 4 « 3 ied losses i1 1e preser 1 en r 1 Diplomatic relations between Spain R = % on the south bank o the Allied losses in the present ope on have been comparatively won e \ day on the journey to Fort street by W. Jett Lauck, executive secret e several members of the American la- s T e A ey he A p of the Doard, advised that the men |ICREIT; IS 28 R iown In two | and Germany have heen strained for| With the American v in France, | (€ Somme and about a mile from | light. Fhey say the Allies never have taken so many prisoners ylay at work until asents have made | sparjcan army automobiles and got | the Past few weeks over the sivking, Aug. 29, (By the Associated Press) Peronne, has been captured by Fiela | and guns and so much material and territory e as to strfke woud } o\t the street corner. Mr. Gompars | Of Spanish ships by German subma- | In three different patrol encounters in | Marshal Haig's forces eR i lndetost stopped when he alighted and standing (ines. .1t is probable “other important | the Vosges last night the Germans | in the middle of the street recalled | destions” referred to in the ahove were driven off when the American | 1on ool Lesboeurs and - patrols | MRS, BAUMANN OUT INAVAL AIRMEN DIE | ; ~ 5 By R many scenes of his hoyhoad. | dispathe is the failure of Germany to fire became too hot for them { have passed through Morval, to the 1,000 LONDON POLICE e e o e e el Semme o nlie Seie e Dot [0 e hehina | southeass OF INSANE RETREAT IN PENSACOLA BAY S i . R s ont of | take over German bs now red | the Woevre increased materially las ] m T -1 | much,” he said as he stood in front of e T interr materi \ GO ouT ON STRIKE the house which had been his home | in Spanish ports. night. . Tl at so light British troops British troops this morning pushed forward in an casterly direction from Bapaume for many vears. “That old public = - = | 80 house on the corner looks exactly as > N . j = e By Alienists and Freed Two Killed, Third Injured, When Ma- ouse o xl )1 B i SPY SUSPECT SHOT Huns Right to Hold Soissons Plateau. The British have made further ad | 4 “amous Aoy , Potes did whe sec sten 2 i} . i - i : Famou Metropolitan Force De- | it “‘ ‘“)”_ ”,1 “““”h”"‘l . With the French Army in France, | VANCes to the north of Lens. At one From Sanatorium On Writ of chine Falls Into Wate crowd of old cigarmakers discussing b mands Wage Tnereaze and Rein | poitics there. in e evening when 1| PROWLING ON BEACH | AlS 20 (v the associated Press) | Place ey pushed forward o thou- The Germans are making a supreme | SAnd yarc Habeus Corpus. Nose Dive was a mere slip of a boy . & B ; statement of Discharged Man e 1 effort to maintain their positions on Le Tr loy, on the Bapaume-Per- A Gompers was talkifg an — 3 : the plateau north of Soissons. The onne highroad, was reported to havc old woman of over 80 years, wearing ; . ; — T s B R up, looked | Guard Kills Man While On Watch | are throwing fresh troops been captured this morning T ent and thor - both the Ifrench and Americans and The GGermans have been driven he The call war issued at midnisht and | =t the Stranger = moment and then Hov! German' AzentalOn. N o ]”:’;‘l !‘v‘v‘ v you, Sam Gompers,” she Jersey Coast ook 4long the British front The whole knov . Sam Ge 5 ! 3 ast. R iter il T e T t- | western bank now is in the possess . suid. *Ma s the time 1 ave you a 2 i L an € W T i he possession Frida Frances immann fo 1 writ e strike affects only somesectionis i S i0e | ity i el hnedl o] Ocean: City Aug. 30.—4 | tempts a few days ago to retake the | Of Field Marshal Haig’s troops and at | ; live there,” pointing ta the house | c0ast guard late last night shot and sl v Ly from the sanatoriv of Dr where Mr. Gompers was horn. The | killed a man who is alleged to have | |«-Chateau road. known a ¢ L5 =L s orce lasiclossed dotthe i 2 i myineTd | 0ld woman had not seén him since he | been acting suspiciously on the beach | ¢ Montecouve, prisoners taken by A report of ihre left London as a youthful apprentice | Where the guard had been stationed to | ©M¢ French division included men n the operations concluded this | .4 toq tated t cigarmaker. Mr. Gompers spent some | watch for supposed German spics. | [TOM threc different divisions ,} Jrni H]vr prisoners fell into th minutes talking over old times with | Cards were found on the dead man | [antry and two 18 of iy slopdisld o titherivor Lic asking about various bovhood | indicating his name might be Thomas | MouUntain troop . The Germans have destroyed all th The loss of this height 1 bridges across the Somme. includin S it . 3 neadyncy o the railroad bridge and the regular | Yol Rtarily plac < ere : e Sl oversight etostan Bforiihe 6 ol dge at Peronme. £ when Hartford, Aug. 30.—Followin agreement between the partic which the granting of the v not opposed by the defendant, Smith of the court of comn 1 ElileRmade this morning granted the petition London, Aug. 30.—The famous e Metropolitan police are on strike. ned mino disoutineitheteround Lt by Bind theluiver Somms fevers vner it is said that men at every station x four refused to zo on dut ; abeas corpus to obtain her relea Heichisl weatlor LtheiSciseoicil place just south of La Chapel- : The city of London police who num- ber 800, are not affected. The Metro- politan force has beteewn 4.000 and ) sane and doecs not nced treatment”. It recommends th 000 men ght thousand of herr zone to wa opolitan police demand in- ng oversight and direction recognition of thejr playmates lis. relnstatement of a dige e little group of labor men was who was active i the grandchildren and even great grand. on fuvigny : L GRS cours op. children of persons whom he remem- are the jast heights defending the val. | from the north to the west the Brit son of bered as neighbors of his father and | Genev; % e At is ir y ieneva Le ATe Out at] ¥ o thed : el il < 42 , »w s in maother. ‘ ward befors furning gouthw ird azain S the Somin : r‘u ry on the | New Biorence Hotel and Three Other | G e e g S fE e : ; : o toward the Chemin des Damos. The | north hank was secured intact. Cler Spittlegate is deep in the interior of | Bochum, Westphalia—3,000 Sent to u . Detroved B : robat 21 years recognition of the union ns the con- | 7 RCHEERE B (oD 10 HIB fareron of enemy has reinforced his line there | is in Eritish hands Buildings Destroyed By Flames At stable had been active in the union | girrerent from New York's Hast Side | Front L with some of s be division o lwwvm" and the (‘mv‘mr\ [m th Maine Shore 1iesort | except that it is greater in extent and . shock troop rear at city are well under th X e much older Never before had Ernet, 2 Lae: eXlotpgst The French Third net with p fir Bri gun; Bar H y involving 200,000 workmen have American army automobiles heen seen | I2VO en greater resistance today alon broken out at Bochum in Westphalia, | line of the Somme and the Canal Du | are holding the road to Bapaume ae | ings occupied by six were | | ageording to dispatches received here | Nord. The German ovnositior far as a point opposite Combles. Nortn | burned early today with an estimate | $100,000 BAR HARBOR today from Munich Three thousand | particularly stout in P of here the advance of the Britis! egate loss of $100,000 the discharged constable imand, but the union ob. lemand was granted ley of the Ailette, where it runs east- | iSh swept in so quickly that the cause- lemson yrgunization which is not recognized police anthorities but is sup- the London irades council labor bodi clists went about the city rike order, t} ) t | Call field I s the North of Peronne the Germans now | new Florence he ; buitd- | Call el o = I 3abcock motk in remote Fort street. In the afternon Mr. Gompers called 2t American headquarters to se ] | 3 1 . Maias General and Surgeon | Strikers have hecn sent to the front esles, wherve it wa £ | made the enemy retire again. Britieh | zuests of the hotel were forc General Winte vard he paid | o t on Major Endicott, the i Red Cross commissioner, at headquarters Arrange- were made to visit American VON HINTZE TO SPIAK sied Cross hospitals tomorrow to dis- | NIW HAVIEN SEAMAN ireuil. Movencour ribute cigars to 700 Ame s, sich t O cntered | Au ON FOREIGN tribu ek i merlcans fisloic COMMENDED 'OR BRAVERY | from the nortl 1 or wounded who recently have arrived 0 There was | An enem Vs s ‘. e s, 30—Six seamen | —— only treet fizhting and then the | day afte tra in Londen from the western front Washington, Aug Six seamen == 3 ¢ commended by Seeratary Daniels | WENATHER. Germa ho had been left behind | American observ on bal 10 nd 8,000 deported from the region | artillery to reduce ire astride the road and are | make hurried exits fire wted | under escort. Troops are guarding | Tonight the villuges 1= southward (U T LS i the town, it is sald. Aas riots Giand and Roy-le ; lapaume scems to hayve been' cay ph i S e Nevles atin ot : tured without much resistance hw | VIRPLANE SHOT DOWN [ 1 - S e e e New Zealand troops who were assist OVER AMERICAN LINE 1thiont Eiectric ol With the American Army in I'r : i ed by pressure from the ¥ - e ¢ for acts of heroism. Amor - - surren t of St. Mihiel o - m W i . nat Hartford, Au 30.—Fore~ IFire ¢ withdra f IX-SENATOR CAMERON DEAD, (them were Adam J. Bettinger, hoat J . el et 5 : swain's mate, Brooklyn, and rng ast for New Britain and vi- the Germ he northern end of KAISER VISTTS FERDINAND TR g Tancastep@ita, Fate §130 SeFormen sl b St e N et cinity: Fair tonight and Satur- |11 10 & Biia rov especially in th Copenhagen. Au iR §. Senator J. Donald Cameron, from | Conn., who made a gallant attempt day: not much change in tem- e t Many explo- { William has arrived at Bad-Nauheim, | condition ol e | Pennsyivania. @ at 4 o'clack this|ta rescue a sailor who fell overboard | perature, E ed behind the | says an official telegram 1 Berlin, commended by t morning at Denegal Springs. near here. | from a British ship | to visit King Ferdinand of Bulgaria. nciliation and arbitration